Chasing stars is not as good as chasing agents

Fang Yuyue has a wide network of contacts in the circle, and soon found the screenwriter's round table that Ji Shi mentioned.

This round table is quite miserable. I wrote a script with all my energy before, and revised it so many times under the request of all parties. Seeing that the filming is finally about to start, he can also receive the final payment for the script. However, the film and television company It closed down, not to mention the lack of final payment, and a year of work in vain.

He also tried to use the script to invest in other film and television companies, but he was not popular, and he had no connections. Other film and television companies did not like him and his script at all.

Round Table was originally born in an ordinary family. He worked hard in a big city alone, and the financial pressure was very high. It was impossible for him to stop working for a long time. In the end, he had to find a permanent job to tide over the difficulties, probably because he really loves this industry. So his new job still has something to do with screenwriting, that is, working as a short video screenwriter in a cultural and creative company.

Fortunately, although he changed to a short video screenwriter, he did not change his pen name. Otherwise, if an independent screenwriter like him has no company and no work, Fang Yuyue really couldn't find him for a while.

Fang Yuyue chatted with the round table for a long time, and after figuring out the cause and effect, he called Gu Jianchi.

Gu Jianchi asked, "What's the matter?"

Fang Yuyue said: "His first draft of the script was created four years ago, I read it, and he has a mailbox time record."

"Besides, this kid cried so hard after hearing what I said, I guess it's not fake." Fang Yu has read countless people, and he can tell the difference between whether he is really sad when he is acting or not.

Gu Jianchi also believed in Fang Yuyue's eyesight, but it would be better to be more cautious about this kind of thing.

Gu Jianchi said: "It just so happens that there will be a discussion meeting about this movie the day after tomorrow, and Chaoxi will also come, so I'll ask him about the creation time of the first draft."

Fang Yu nodded and said, "Okay, what should I do here?"

After pondering for a while, Gu Jianchi said, "You calm down the round table first, and then look at his attitude."

Fang Yuyue asked hesitantly, "Attitude?"

Gu Jianchi analyzed: "If the plagiarism is true, there may be two directions in the end. The round table is hard-boned. If you don't fight for steamed buns, you must fight the other party to the end. But you know, lawsuits like this It is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it may not be possible to win. Even if he wins, it is estimated that the compensation will not be much, and he may offend many people. Hard to say."

"The second way, the round table and Chaoxi reached a settlement. Chaoxi will give him a sum of money. This money may exceed the current market price of screenwriting fees. Anyway, Chaoxi will definitely be able to pay him. Take a step back and give him a so-called assistant screenwriter's authorship, and the possibility of shaking the round table is very high."

"So just relying on a round table is not enough to deal a blow to this project. At most, it can only shave a little fur from Gu Changfan and Xiangxi, and it won't even hurt the flesh."

"Your analysis is quite right." Fang Yuyue nodded, and then smiled mockingly, "In fact, there are many TV series and movies in the circle that have copyright disputes, but they were all suppressed in the end. Even if they were not suppressed, they would not It would have too much of an actual impact on the drama that airs."

This is the vicious circle of this industry, and it is also the place that makes people helpless.

Fang Yuyue asked: "Then how do you plan to arrange this matter?"

"If the round table chooses the former, we can secretly help with the lawsuit."

"Isn't Station K also recruiting screenwriters? You can recommend him. I believe that a person's creativity and talent cannot be copied by others. As long as he is given a chance, he can still write new and good scripts. "

"If he chooses the latter, I won't be surprised. Everyone has his own ambitions, so let's put aside the recommendation and help."

Fang Yu jumped up and said, "Okay, I understand."

At this moment, Ji Shi's voice suddenly came from behind Gu Jianchi: "Who are you calling?"

When Gu Jianchi heard Ji Shi's voice, the phone in his hand almost fell to the ground. He looked back at Ji Shi and saw that Ji Shi's expression was normal. Fortunately, Ji Shi didn't hear what he said earlier, so he was secretly relieved. After taking a deep breath, he forced himself to be calm and said, "I'm on the phone with my manager."

Ji Shi rolled his eyes, and deliberately shouted into the phone: "Oh! It's the big manager who has never been able to get a job!!!"

Fang Yuyue: "..."

Fang Yuyue: "???"

Gu Jianchi, what did he do behind his back? !So that Ji Shi wanted to mock him so much?He can't get a job? !

Fang Yuyue was so angry that the top of his head was about to smoke.

"..." Gu Jianchi obviously didn't expect Ji Shi to fire suddenly, coughed lightly, and Fang Yu jumped up, "Let's talk next time."

After speaking, he said "bye" to Fang Yuyue and hung up the phone.

Gu Jianchi put away her phone and turned to look at Ji Shi, a little dumbfounded and a little confused: "Didn't you tell me to have a good relationship with my manager before? Why did you just yell at him just now?" gone?"

"To tell the truth, I didn't hate him, and he doesn't know who I am. You can't blame me for this. You can remind him to review his ability to work." Ji Shi blinked. , said indignantly, "Anyway, you've been here before if you were soft, and obviously it didn't work, so let's come hard!"

Gu Jianchi looked at Ji Shi's righteous indignation in fighting for her own sake, and laughed, then lowered her head aggrievedly, leaned on Ji Shi's shoulder, and said, "You are the best for me."

Ji Shi became addicted to watching him acting, so he patted his head in tandem and said, "It's not sad, it's not sad."

"If you give me a kiss, I won't be sad." Gu Jianchi said eagerly.

Ji Shi: "..."

In the end, there was no kiss, but I had a hard time.

Ji Shi grabbed Gu Jianchi's ear with all his strength, and scolded angrily, "Why do you think about this all day long!"

Gu Jianchi screamed out the pain, and said stiffly, "Don't you want to?"

Ji Shi denied it flatly: "I don't think so like you!"

Gu Jianchi didn't believe it, and threw Ji Shi directly, proving that Ji Shi was lying.

After the two of them tossed about like this, Ji Lai ate dinner alone in the restaurant again.

In a blink of an eye, Ji Shi and Gu Jianchi's past few days at the hot spring resort were over. They took Ji Lai back to Dongcheng, and then went straight to the airport.

Before boarding the plane again, Ji Lai specially gave Gu Jianchi a big hug, and solemnly said: "Brother Gu, I will leave my brother to you, you have to take good care of him."

Ji Shi looked at his younger brother's appearance of handing over his elder brother, feeling a little sour and sweet in his heart, and then he saw Gu Jianchi give him a gentle look, and all his beautiful amber eyes were filled with tears. It is the color of firmness.

Gu Jianchi said in a deep voice, "I will."

Ji Lai let go of Gu Jianchi, and said with a smile, "Then I'll go back first, Brother Gu, you are welcome to come to my house for the Spring Festival."

Gu Jianchi joked: "Okay, even if the person doesn't arrive, the red envelope will arrive."

Ji Lai immediately shouted excitedly: "Wow!! So good, it's better for Brother Gu, hahaha!"

Seeing that his younger brother was so well-rounded, Ji Shi started thinking about the New Year's red envelope, so he made a slapping gesture: "Hurry up and get on the plane."

"Okay, goodbye!" Ji Lai came suddenly, and left in a hurry.

Ji Shi and Gu Jianchi watched him leave, and when Ji Lai entered the boarding gate, Ji Shi pulled Gu Jianchi, who was still in a trance, and said, "Go back."

Gu Jianchi was still staring at the boarding gate motionlessly. When Ji Shi was confused, he suddenly hugged Ji Shi sideways, and said softly, "This year's Spring Festival, shall I go home with you?"

It turned out that this guy was in a daze thinking about the Chinese New Year. Ji Shi didn't ask Gu Jianchi if his family didn't celebrate the Chinese New Year, but directly agreed: "Okay, it's just that when we go back, we can go and see the house together. When you arrive Help me as a reference from time to time, but in fact I am still struggling, whether to buy a house in my hometown or in Dongcheng. The house price in my hometown is cheaper. I can buy and live now, but the mortgage pressure is too great, and the down payment is also very high...”

Ji Shi began to calculate alone, full of breath of life.And on the important matter of buying a house, he still wanted to ask Gu Jianchi's opinion, the meaning was already obvious.

Gu Jianchi was stunned for a long time, and then hugged Ji Shi a little tighter, as if she wanted to rub the person into her own flesh and blood.

Ji Shi blinked, then hugged Gu Jianchi back, and said softly, "Why don't you be so moved to buy a house?"

"Together we will."

"Eh?"

"Then you won't be so stressed?"

Ji Shi didn't hesitate to refuse, but jumped hard, and his whole body jumped on Gu Jianchi. Gu Jianchi didn't pay attention, and fell backwards. Fortunately, he stood still in time. He hugged Ji Shi, the big koala.

"Okay! Let's buy it together." Ji Shi really wanted to spend the rest of his life with Gu Jianchi, so he didn't resist Gu Jianchi's invitation to buy a house with him at all.

There are many passengers around, seeing this pair of men embracing passionately in the airport hall, they all look curiously.

Among these probing gazes, there are those who are curious, doubtful, and disgusted.

However, no matter what kind of vision, it is not enough to separate Ji Shi and Gu Jianchi.

After returning from the airport, Ji Shi and Gu Jianchi resumed their work. Once they started working, they would fly all over the world, and it was difficult to meet each other. However, even so, they would chat on video calls every day before going to bed. A few words, it seems that only in this way can I sleep more soundly.

Gu Jianchi has also made new progress regarding the script. According to Fang Yuyue's investigation, after the original company closed down, Round Table invested the script in three film and television companies. Wu Media and Chuangyang Culture, it happens that Chuangyang Culture is a west-facing company.

This is very interesting.

During Ba Teng's script seminar, Gu Jianchi chatted with Chao Xi intentionally or unconsciously about script creation.

Chaoxi was really hooked, and happily shared his creative process: "I was inspired last June, and then I started to write, probably because I like this story so much, so I have a lot of ideas, and I wrote the first draft in September. , but the first draft at that time was still too immature, so I revised it twice, and then I took it to my father for advice."

"My father gave me great affirmation and suggested many revisions to my script." Chao Xi smiled modestly, rubbed his head and said, "To be honest, the completion of this script still depends on my father's guidance. "

Last June?

Gu Jianchi's eyes flickered slightly, the round table submitted the script to Chuangyang Culture in May, and the timeline just matched, so the round table submitted the script to Chuangyang Culture, the other party not only rejected, but also gave his story to stole.

Gu Jianchi frowned slightly, he had always been very disgusted with this kind of misappropriation of other people's hard work, and he didn't even have any good feelings for this young man who was proud of himself and shared his so-called creative experience with a smile.

Whether you say he is idealistic or stupid, even if the movie can make money, even if the Round Table is willing to reconcile with Zhaoxi in the end, he doesn't want to cooperate with Zhaoxi again.

After Chaoxi shared his creative experience, the people next to him immediately echoed and praised: "Sure enough, the tiger father has no dogs. In just three months, he has written such a complete script. It is a dreadful future."

"Haha, Chaoxi is the most talented young screenwriter I've ever seen. The most important thing is that even though he has a family background to rely on, he can still be humble and sincere. In this regard, he is quite similar to Mr. Gu." Flatterer No. 2 finished speaking, took a special look at Gu Changfan, and asked, "Mr. Gu, do you think so?"

The two people who praised Chaoxi were both from Gu Changfan's faction, so they even flattered themselves, intentionally or unintentionally, drawing Chaoxi to Gu Changfan.

Gu Changfan said with a smile: "President Wang was joking, Chaoxi's writing talent is much better than mine, and I'm just a businessman who smells like copper."

At first, Chaoxi was thinking that there were two presidents at the scene, and he didn't know which president No. 2 flatterer was talking about. Now that Gu Changfan responded, he immediately said: "What's wrong with being able to make money? I want to have Mr. Gu's ability to make money like this, lest my father dislike me every day."

Gu Changfan laughed loudly: "When our movie is released, we will naturally make money."

As Gu Changfan said, he gave Gu Jianchi a provocative look.

Gu Jianchi: "..."

Gu Jianchi knew why Gu Changfan looked at him proudly, because their father said that Chaoxi's thoughts would be used as a reference for whomever this project was handed over to.

Gu Jianchi has actually decided to give up this project, but if he doesn't perform, how can Gu Changfan fall into the trap?

So Gu Jianchi frowned, showing a trace of sadness, and then said: "Let's talk about this movie, do you have any thoughts on casting and directing?"

When Xiangxi heard it, his attention was really attracted by Gu Jianchi. After all, he is a screenwriter, and compared to the rainbow farts of commercial bragging, Gu Jianchi's question was more relevant to him.

"Actually, I have some ideas, but I don't know if your company can realize it."

Gu Jianchi smiled and said: "It's okay, you can boldly say that the opinion of the screenwriter is also very important, because only you know the story and characters best."

On the surface, Gu Jianchi smiled harmlessly to humans and animals, but in fact he had a bad stomach. Anyway, it was Gu Changfan who realized the idea of ​​facing the west in the end, and it had nothing to do with him. Of course, he could blow it as much as he could.

Gu Changfan, who was next to him, saw that Chao Xi and Gu Jianchi had a conversation, and he was really anxious, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes, you can rest assured that I will definitely help you achieve it."

The author has something to say: Mr. Gu is BadBad, he is specially cheating on his younger brother, hehe.Although he wants to go home with Ji Shi to celebrate the New Year, but he probably has no chance, Wang Tian